A SHIP COMING IN WITH THE COLORS OF SPRING: OSHIGA SPYING ON HER MOTHER’S SEXUAL ENCOUNTER WITH AKINOSUKE (Utagawa Kunimori II)

Object: original Japanese woodblock print
Genre: shunga 春画 erotic art

Artist: Utagawa Kunimori II 二代目歌川国盛 (active ca. 1840-60)
From the book: Diary of a Ship Coming in with the Colors of Spring 春色入船日記, vol. 3 巻之下
Print subject: Oshiga 於志賀, the girl of the Tachibanaya 橘屋, spying on the sexual encounter between her mother Osada 於貞 and the seducer Mochizukiya Akinosuke 望月屋秋之助

Material: washi 和紙 Japanese paper
Technique: nishiki-e 錦絵 multi-coloured woodblock printing

Period: 1848-54
Condition: overall good
Dimensions: 14 x 22,5 cm

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